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2016 Second Extraordinary Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 10
BY SENATOR CORTEZ
COMMENDATIONS. Commends John W. Wright, certified public accountant, upon his
retirement.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend John W. Wright, certified public accountant, upon the occasion of his
3 retirement after a more than forty-year career in accounting.
4 WHEREAS, John Wright was born in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and at the age of eight,
5 he moved with his family to make a new home in Lafayette, Louisiana; and
6 WHEREAS, John Wright spent the remainder of his childhood in Lafayette where
7 he attended Cathedral High School and graduated from Lafayette High School; and
8 WHEREAS, Mr. Wright graduated from the University of Louisiana Lafayette in
9 accounting and after graduation he was employed as a federal agent with the Internal
10 Revenue Service for the next five years; and
11 WHEREAS, upon his return to Lafayette after working for the Internal Revenue
12 Service, John Wright became one of the founding partners of the accounting firm Wright,
13 Moore, DeHart, Dupuis and Hutchinson, LLC, what has today become the largest and one
14 of the most respected accounting firms in the Acadiana region; and
15 WHEREAS, with his experience dealing with the Internal Revenue Service, Mr.
16 Wright came to the private practice of accounting with considerable expertise in all aspects
17 of federal income taxes and additional expertise in stockholder disputes, business
18 management decisions, and the valuation of businesses; and
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1 WHEREAS, additionally, John Wright worked in aspects of family financial issues
2 including the division of marital assets and community property settlements and he has often
3 been called upon to testify in court as an expert in accounting relative to domestic issues; and
4 WHEREAS, beyond his work at his accounting firm, Mr. Wright has been an active
5 member of his profession and is currently a member of the Society of Louisiana Certified
6 Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and
7 WHEREAS, over the years of his professional practice, John Wright has served as
8 chairman of the consultation services committee and the Louisiana Tax Conference, and as
9 a member of the Taxation Committee of the Society of Louisiana Certified Public
10 Accountants; and
11 WHEREAS, throughout his adult years, John Wright has remained active in civic
12 organizations, including serving as a member of the University of Louisiana Lafayette
13 Alumni Association, currently a member of the board of trustees of the University of
14 Louisiana Lafayette Foundation, a former chairman of the United Way of Acadiana, and he
15 has served as chairman of the board of trustees of the Nature Conservancy of Louisiana; and
16 WHEREAS, currently, Mr. Wright is a member of the following: the Mardi Gras
17 organizations of the Krewe of Gabriel and the Krewe of Bonaparte, Ducks Unlimited, the
18 Coastal Conservation Association, and St. Pius Catholic Church; and
19 WHEREAS, John Wright takes great pleasure in his large, loving family, including
20 wife, Donna, children Jonathan and Elizabeth and, granddaughter London, as well as
21 stepsons Stephen and Kevin and their three children; and
22 WHEREAS, John Wright has served his family, his accounting firm, his profession,
23 his country, his church, and his community throughout a rewarding more than forty-year
24 career as a certified public accountant.
25 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
26 commend John W. Wright, certified public accountant, upon the occasion of his retirement
27 after a more than forty-year career in accounting.
28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
29 John W. Wright.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
SCR 10 Original 2016 Second Extraordinary Session Cortez
Commends John W. Wright, certified public accountant, upon the occasion of his retirement.
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